Genus Paraphylax Förster 1869

( Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae)

Paraphylax Foerster ( Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) is typically seen as parasitic on psychids, microlepidopterans, spider egg cocoons, and other ichneumonids. It is known from the Afrotropical, Australasian, Eastern Palaearctic, Oceanic, and Oriental regions (Yu 2013). The genus has also been recorded in the Neotropical region (González-Moreno and Bordera 2011). From India, Paraphylax varius (Walker) is described from the bagworm Metisa plana Walker (Kamarudin et al. 1996) and Heliothis armigera Huebner (Choudhary et al. 1983) . Moreover, Paraphylax sp. is documented for the first time from Glyptapanteles trilochae ( Braconidae: Microgastrinae) cocoons associated with the caterpillar of Trilocha varians (Walker) as a hyperparasitoid. However, the species identity could not be verified (Gupta 2013).